diabolic | | |
adj. | 1. devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean, mephistophelian | showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil.; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his eye" |
| ~ evil | morally bad or wrong.; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds" |
adj. | 2. demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy | extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell.; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces" |
| ~ evil | morally bad or wrong.; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds" |
fiendish | | |
devil | | |
n. (person) | 1. beelzebub, devil, lucifer, old nick, prince of darkness, satan, the tempter | (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell. |
| ~ faith, religion, religious belief | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.; "he lost his faith but not his morality" |
| ~ mohammedanism, muhammadanism, islam, islamism, muslimism | the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran.; "Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion"; "the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion" |
| ~ spiritual being, supernatural being | an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events. |
n. (person) | 2. daemon, daimon, demon, devil, fiend | an evil supernatural being. |
| ~ evil spirit | a spirit tending to cause harm. |
| ~ incubus | a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women. |
| ~ succuba, succubus | a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men. |
| ~ dibbuk, dybbuk | (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior. |
n. (communication) | 3. deuce, devil, dickens | a word used in exclamations of confusion.; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" |
| ~ exclaiming, exclamation | an abrupt excited utterance.; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it" |
n. (person) | 4. devil, heller, hellion | a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man).; "he chased the young hellions out of his yard" |
| ~ bad hat, mischief-maker, trouble maker, troublemaker, troubler | someone who deliberately stirs up trouble. |
n. (person) | 5. demon, devil, fiend, monster, ogre | a cruel wicked and inhuman person. |
| ~ disagreeable person, unpleasant person | a person who is not pleasant or agreeable. |
| ~ demoniac | someone who acts as if possessed by a demon. |
v. (emotion) | 6. annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" |
| ~ get under one's skin, get | irritate.; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me" |
| ~ eat into, rankle, grate, fret | gnaw into; make resentful or angry.; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" |
| ~ chafe | feel extreme irritation or anger.; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation" |
| ~ peeve | cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful. |
| ~ ruffle | trouble or vex.; "ruffle somebody's composure" |
| ~ fret | cause annoyance in. |
| ~ beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke | annoy continually or chronically.; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" |
| ~ antagonize, antagonise | provoke the hostility of.; "Don't antagonize your boss" |
| ~ displease | give displeasure to. |
v. (creation) | 7. devil | coat or stuff with a spicy paste.; "devilled eggs" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ ready, cook, prepare, fix, make | prepare for eating by applying heat.; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" |
fiend | | |
n. (person) | 1. fanatic, fiend | a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause).; "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject" |
| ~ enthusiast, partizan, partisan | an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity. |
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